>> Remember that if we sing, say,
>>
>> a - stray:_________
>>
>>
>> we actually do
>>
>> a - stra_________y:
>>
>> so putting just the punctuation after the melisma is illogical.
>
> I've been asking myself why, if that's the rule (which I don't deny)
> eg. Frank Sinatra sings:
>
> Newwwwwwww York
> and
> Myyyyyyyy way
>
> instead of Neeeeew or M[aa...]....y
Well, non-operatic singing follows different rules, obviously :-)
But try that without a microphone in a 1000 seats audience, and you
will kill your voice within a few minutes.
Werner
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